Julia Roberts’ half-sister Nora Motes dies

Motes passed away in Los Angeles on Sunday from an apparent drug overdose.

A statement from the family, reads, “It is with deep sadness that the family of Nancy Motes… confirms that she was found dead in Los Angeles yesterday of an apparent drug overdose. There is no official report from the Coroner’s office yet. The family is both shocked and devastated.”

Motes was planning a May wedding to her fiance, film location manager John Dilbeck, at the time of her death.